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Identity with Windows Server 2016: Microsoft 70-742 MCSA Exam Guide

By : Vladimir Stefanovic, Sasha Kranjac
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Identity with Windows Server 2016: Microsoft 70-742 MCSA Exam Guide

By: Vladimir Stefanovic, Sasha Kranjac

Overview of this book

MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification is one of the most sought-after certifications for IT professionals, which includes working with Windows Server and performing administrative tasks around it. This book is aimed at the 70-742 certification and is part of Packt's three-book series on MCSA Windows Server 2016 certification, which covers Exam 70-740, Exam 70-741, and Exam 70-742. This exam guide covers the exam objectives for the 70-742 Identity with Windows Server 2016 exam. It starts with installing and configuring Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), managing and maintaining AD DS objects and advanced configurations, configuring Group Policy, Active Directory Certificate Services, and Active Directory Federation Services and Rights Management. At the end of each chapter, convenient test questions will help you in preparing for the certification in a practical manner. By the end of this book, you will be able to develop the knowledge and skills needed to complete MCSA Exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016 with confidence.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Understanding Group Policy processing

In the previous section, you learned what about Group Policy and how to create and manage them. In this section, we'll go one step further and learn how to configure GPO settings to filter which GPOs can be applied where, and how.

Configuring the processing order and precedence

In a large organization, you might have more than a few GPOs implemented and configured in your environment. If you also have a big AD DS infrastructure and a deep OU hierarchy, understanding Group Policy processing is very important.

As mentioned in the previous section, once created, a GPO isn't enabled and can't be processed until it's linked. GPOs can be linked to sites, domains, OUs, and...